2013 Armor All Gold Coast 600
The twelfth event on the Gold Coast saw Craig Lowndes take the championship lead from Triple Eight Race Engineering teammate Jamie Whincup after Whincup and co-driver Paul Dumbrell failed to finish the Saturday race, with Dumbrell causing a heavy crash for Greg Murphy before suffering a drive-train failure. Lowndes and co-driver Warren Luff won the race from pole ahead of Shane van Gisbergen and Jeroen Bleekemolen, the first Dutchman to stand on a V8 Supercar podium, and Mark Winterbottom and Steven Richards. David Reynolds won the first race of his career in the Sunday race, with he and co-driver Dean Canto winning from pole. Fabian Coulthard and Luke Youlden finished second ahead of Russell Ingall and Ryan Briscoe, Briscoe's first podium finish and Ingall's first since 2009. James Courtney and Murphy looked set to take victory until a steering problem put them out of the race. Whincup and Dumbrell finished fourth while Lowndes and Luff were eighth, leaving Lowndes with a six-point championship lead. Lowndes and Luff won the Endurance Cup ahead of Whincup and Dumbrell and Winterbottom and Richards.
Race results
Qualifying - Race 30
Top Ten Shootout
Race 30
Qualifying - Race 31
Race 31
Standings
- After 23 of 30 races.
Pos | No | Name | Team | Points |
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1 | 1 | ![]() |
Triple Eight Race Engineering | 3060 |
2 | 5 | ![]() |
Ford Performance Racing | 2842 |
3 | 888 | ![]() |
Triple Eight Race Engineering | 2815 |
4 | 6 | ![]() |
Ford Performance Racing | 2503 |
5 | 9 | ![]() |
Stone Brothers Racing | 2182 |
References
- ^ Bartholomaeus, Stefan (26 October 2013). "Lowndes takes points lead with Gold Coast win". SpeedCafe. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
- ^ Bartholomaeus, Stefan (27 October 2013). "Relief for Reynolds after maiden win". SpeedCafe. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
- ^ Howard, Tom (27 October 2013). "Lowndes/Luff claim inaugural Pirtek Enduro Cup". SpeedCafe. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
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